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Re:Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of C... by stareatgoats on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @05:43AM (#22603249)
The rapid transmission in industrialized countries is most likely helped by the daily indoor concentration of people in the big cities, during commute, in large schools and workplaces. Large cities in Africa will surely get it to some extent, but the spread might be slower since Africans don't spend as much time indoors, and the rural communities are already practicing "social distancing" to some degree.
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Re:Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of C... by greggman3 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @06:44AM (#22603601)
Nirobi, Metro Area Population 10 million

https://www.civitatis.com/en/nairobi/

Compare:

Largest cities in Africa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Africa_by_po...

Vs

Largest cities in USA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...

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Re:Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of C... by stareatgoats on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @06:56AM (#22603647)
It's not a matter of big cities only. People in the big cities in industrialized countries spend their time indoors with large crowds to a much higher degree. It indicates that the spread will be slower in Africa (while not absent)
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Re:Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of C... by marcosdumay on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @08:40AM (#22604300)
What exactly do you expect those 10M people to do during the day?
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Re:Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of C... by dmos62 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @06:30AM (#22603544)
I'd offer the Ebola outbreak as a counter-example.
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Re:Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of C... by stareatgoats on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @06:50AM (#22603623)
Ebola is different: It does not spread over air like the Corona virus.

The Ebola virus " spreads to people initially through direct contact with the blood, body fluids and tissues of animals. Ebola virus then spreads to other people through direct contact with body fluids of a person who is sick with or has died from EVD". [0]

[0] https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/about.html

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Re:Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of C... by maxerickson on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @06:57AM (#22603657)
Only 2 Ebola outbreaks have had more than 1000 infected people.

This thing is in the early stages still and there are already 7x more recorded cases than the largest Ebola outbreak.

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Re:Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of C... by kabouseng on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @06:28AM (#22603534)
I think you have a very Hollywood view of African societies...
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Re:Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of C... by stareatgoats on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @06:51AM (#22603624)
Having lived in African countries for more than 5 years I don't rely on Hollywood for my sources.
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